Published on : 14 Nov 2025, 2:55 pm

The Supreme Court on November 13 directed the Government of Jharkhand to notify 31,468.25 hectares of the Saranda Game Sanctuary as Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary. It emphasised on the necessity to strike a balance between environmental protection and the need for development while doing so.

The declaration has to come within 90 days, the apex court said about the area that is the site of one of the most pristine Sal forests in the world, home to 23 mammal species including the Asiatic Elephant, Four-horned Antelope, and Sloth Bear, mouse deer and 138 bird species.

The court also observed that the 70 per cent intact forest has been inhabited for centuries by the Ho, Munda, Oraon and allied Adivasi communities whose subsistence and cultural tradition

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